WEBVTT VIRAL LAST WEEK.>> CHEERS, SMILES AND SIGNS THATREAD THINGS LIKE HONK FOREQUALITY AND DEFEAT HATE METMORNING TRAFFIC ON ROLAND AVENUETODAY.DOZENS OF PARENTS, STUDENTS ANDALUMNI FROM ROLAND PARK COUNTRYSCHOOL AND GILMAN FEEL STRONGABOUT THE ISSUE.>> WHEN EVENTS LIKE WHATHAPPENED IN THE LAST WEEK HAPPENAT MY SCHOOL I FEEL A PERSONALRESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THATNUMBER ONE THE STUDENTS THAT ARETHERE FEEL SAFE AND NUMBER TWOIT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.>> JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN, THESEPHOTOS WENT VIRAL ON SOCIALMEDIA.THEY SHOW STUDENTS AND FROM BOTHSCHOOLS IN PRISON ATTIRE.THE PHOTOS WERE ON SNAPCHAT ANDCAPTIONED WITH RACIST LANGUAGEBY INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T ATTENDTHE SCHOOLS.BUT PARTICIPANTS LIKE MALCOLMRUFF WHO GRADUATED FROM GILMANIN 2002 WANT THE COMMUNITY TOUNDERSTAND THAT WHAT HAPPENED,EVEN IF A TEENAGE PRANK, HURTS.>> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN ISSUEOF MALICE BUT AN ISSUE OF NOTHAVING THE KNOWLEDGE AND THEEDUCATION AND NOT INTERFACINGWITH ENOUGH PEOPLE FROMDIFFERENT CULTURES TO HAVERESPECT AND EMPATHY FOR ALLDIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPERIENCES.>> BOTH SCHOOLS SAID THEY WOULDLOOK AT POSSIBLE DISCIPLINE FORTHE STUDENTS INVOLVED.ROLAND PARK COUNTRY ALSO HASPLANS TO WORK WITH A CULTURALDIVERSITY PROFESSOR FROM LOYOLAAND CONTINUE CULTURALLYRESPONSIVE TEACHING AND LEARNINGPRACTICES FOR STAFDONNA: A STATEMENT FROM GILMAN,ROLAND PARK, AND THE BRYN MAWRSCHOOLS READS --

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Dozens of parents, students and alumni from Roland Park Country School and Gilman feel strongly about the issue.

"When events like what happened in the last week happen at my school, I feel a personal responsibility to make sure that No. 1: The students that are there feel safe, and No. 2: It doesn't happen again," said Sabrina Johnson Turner, a Roland Park graduate.

Just before Halloween, photos showing students from both schools in prison attire went viral on social media. The photos were on Snapchat and captioned with racist language by individuals who don't attend the schools.

But participants like Malcolm Ruff, who graduated from Gilman in 2002, want the community to understand that what happened, even if it was a teenage prank, hurts.

"It's not necessarily an issue of malice, but an issue of not having the knowledge and the education and not interfacing with enough people from different cultures to have respect and empathy for all different types of experiences," Ruff said.

Officials from both schools said they would look at possible discipline for the students involved.

Roland Park Country also has plans to work with a cultural diversity professor from Loyola and continue culturally responsive teaching and learning practices for staff.

A joint statement from Gilman, Roland Park and the Bryn Mawr schools reads: "We stand firmly against racism, bigotry and other forms of hurtful and discriminatory expression. We set a high standard of inclusivity within our community, and the work ahead for us is to create an educational setting that promotes a deep sensitivity for and understanding of each other."